Letters to the editor

April 6, 2009

Reading Time: 3 minutes Rationale for the destigmatization of Animal Rights Letter to the Editor: As a member of the Animal Allies Club on campus, I hope to educate and encourage students on various animal rights issues. The term “animal rights” has definitely secured its share of stigmas over the years: activists are considered radical and irrational, veganism and vegetarianism impracticable, protests and demonstrations mere spectacles.

Boxed-In

April 6, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute Jace Brinkerhoff… The former 5A MVP at Spanish Fork High School has been a bright spot in the Wolverine lineup in his third season at UVU. The junior third baseman is currently second on the team with a .404 batting average. He has also hit two home runs and has recorded 17 RBIs on the young season.

Making Headlines

April 6, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute Calipari accepts Kentucky job Not only did former Memphis coach John Calipari accept the vacant head-coaching job at Kentucky, he also accepted the richest contract of any NCAA coach to-date. His 8-year $31.65 million contract suggests, contrary to Calipari’s opinion, that he is the “Man” in Lexington and the coach who is expected to quickly resurrect the Wildcat basketball program.

Sports Briefs

April 6, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Fairbanks Named Honorable Mention AP All-American Utah Valley University senior Robyn Fairbanks has received honorable mention All-America recognition by the Associated Press, it was announced on Tuesday. It’s the second consecutive year that she has garnered the honor.

News briefs

March 30, 2009

Reading Time: 3 minutes CAMPUS NEWS ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS ENERGY ALTERNATIVES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY- In its 22nd year, the annual symposium on environmental ethics will take place April 1-2 in LI 120. This event is free and open to the public. April 1 will feature the topic “The Future of Non-conventional (wind, solar and geothermal) Energy Sources” organized by Phil Matheson, Chair of the UVU Physics Department.

Editorial: We won’t be silenced

March 30, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute An unheard-of event and an enemy to free speech occurred between Wednesday night and the morning of Thursday, March 26. Absent from UVU Review’s newspaper racks were copies of UVU Review — every one of the newspaper’s 28 racks were stripped bare. Each of the other newspapers available to the campus were left to be enjoyed by the student body — except for the only newspaper created solely by and for members of the student body.

Letters to the editor

March 30, 2009

Reading Time: 3 minutes New Pres. of UVU is a Credit to Institution In the March 23 edition of the UVU Review, Aaron Heineman submitted a Letter to the Editor expressing his objection to the selection of UVU’s new president, Matthew Holland. Aaron, let me be the first to say, I am with you.

Boxed-In

March 30, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute Todd Fairbourne, who is in his 11th year as the head softball coach at UVU, has brought success to the Wolverine’s program. Before Utah Valley made the jump to Division I competition, Fairbourne helped guide UVU to the schools only national championship while competing in the junior college ranks.

Sports briefs

March 30, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Fairbanks Named Independent Player of the Year for Third Time Coaches and sports information directors at 14 independent schools have named Utah Valley University’s Robyn Fairbanks both the Division I Independent Player of the Year and as a selection to the All-Independent first team.

Making headlines

March 30, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute NFL wants to play more NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is proposing a plan to NFL owners to raise the amount of games in a regular season from 16 to 17 or 18 games. The proposal would also make it so there are fewer preseason games. Goodell said that the league does not need four exhibition games anymore.